THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

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Light of Other Days" is a science fiction short story by Bob Shaw. It was originally published in August 1966 in Analog Science Fiction and Fact. [1] The story uses the idea of "slow glass": glass through which light takes years to pass. Bob Shaw used this idea again in later stories. [1] She hadn't spoken for some seconds; Bobby was still waiting for her to respond to his dinner invitation. There’s a science fiction plot, or rather a set of technological speculations embellished with a couple of interesting puzzles, and I commend it to you. He smiled, and his teeth were like rows of pearls. "You intrigue me, Kate Manzoni," he said. "You're accessing the Search Engine right now, aren't you? You're asking it about me." Paljuski ongi see raamat tegelikult üks vägagi mahukas essee või mõtisklus. Baxter arutleb siin mõnuga ja kümnete lehekülgede viisi küll ussiurgete tehniliste detailide ja küll ajaloolise tõe üle. Raamatu tegelased jäävad selle kõrval üsna üheplaanilisteks ja ilmuvad pigem episoodiliselt. Ja kui nüüd päris aus olla, siis ega see ühe multibiljonäride melodramaatiline pere-elu nii põnev pole ka. Kisa ja pisaraid on ohtralt nagu mõnes Mehhiko seebis, aga ühtegi sellist karakterit nagu polnudki, kes oleks siiralt köitnud. Mind huvitas näiteks palju rohkem Baxteri nägemus Jeesusest kui peategelaste askeldamine.

This article is about the short story by Bob Shaw. For the novel by Stephen Baxter, see The Light of Other Days. "Light of Other Days" No, you're not," Hiram said bluntly. "You're being ironic. You've heard the buzz about what I'm going to say tonight. You probably even generated some of it yourself. You think I'm a megalomaniac nutcase—"

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Un romanzo veramente molto buono, con un ottimo connubio tra la Hard SF tipica di Clarke e le implicazioni sociali e quasi antropologiche della SF meno tecnica. La storia è molto incentrata sui personaggi, e anche se l'invenzione qui presentata è ai limiti della teoria scientifica, lo sviluppo è decisamente ben fatto.

urn:lcp:lightofotherdays0000clar:epub:f7070c97-665c-4e10-89c8-94e052514576 Foldoutcount 0 Grant_report Arcadia #4281 Identifier lightofotherdays0000clar Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t71w4qz74 Invoice 2089 Isbn 0002247046 A tightly wound caseworker is pushed out of his comfort zone when he’s sent to observe a remote orphanage for magical children. The Light of Other Days took me by surprise, it starts off as a story about super surveillance then morphs into an almost time traveling story. Fortunately, the scientist cannot find a way to affect the past in any way, only passive observation is possible. This saves the book from becoming just another time traveling tale. In addition to the main plotline about the WormCam the novel is also set in the near future when most species of animals are extinct, food is becoming scarce and nations go to war over water supplies. Worse still a giant asteroid is heading for Earth and is projected to arrive in 500 years, the impact is expected to be a mass extinction event. The main characters are also going through personal crises of their own but I won’t go into that. Hiram - brilliant, driven, cruel (and stereotypical) industrialist/CEO. Treats all characters like shit but they all keep working for him. I don't think I'd say that. What I see is a man with a new gadget. Hiram, do you really believe a gadget can change the world?"A time viewer is also used in Clarke's Childhood's End, although it plays a minor role in the plot. Clarke discusses this device and its use in other science fiction in the afterword to the novel.

Kate was surprised to find she had grabbed on to Bobby's arm. She could feel a knot of muscle there. He had covered her hand with his, apparently without calculation. Suddenly suspended over empty space, Kate felt herself stagger, her eyes deceived despite the solidity of the floor beneath her feet. There was a gale of nervous laughter, a few screams, the gentle tinkle of dropped glass. Ans:The poet feels like "one who treads alone" because they have witnessed their friends and loved ones pass away. They feel a sense of loneliness because they are left behind while others have departed. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-09-11 19:26:08 Associated-names Baxter, Stephen Boxid IA1927521 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifierAns: When the ‘fond memories’ that gives the poet momentary bliss are replaced by an overwhelming sense of loneliness, his fond memories turn bitter. The moment when the realisation dawns on the poet that his boyhood days, his friends and the words of love that he had shared and spent with those departed are now all a thing of the past. The ‘fond memories’ then, at once become sad. He mourns over his dead friends and his dearest ones who are very far away from him. He feels as though he is all alone in a banquet hall which is now deserted after all the mirth and the merry making. Clarke was a graduate of King's College, London where he obtained First Class Honours in Physics and Mathematics. He is past Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society, a member of the Academy of Astronautics, the Royal Astronomical Society, and many other scientific organizations. Answer: The banquet hall is deserted, the lights are out, and the garlands have withered after the event has been celebrated. Nobody is left in the empty banquet hall except for the poet, who sulks there with a heavy heart. The time when the poet realises that his youth, his friends, and the time he spent sharing his love with those who have passed on are all behind him. All at once, the “fond memories” turn tragic. His deceased friends and loved ones who are far away causing him great sorrow, and he expresses this by weeping. After all the laughter and merriment, he feels as though he’s the only one left in a deserted banquet hall. The once grand and vibrant hall has faded into an inconsequential and colourless void. After the party has ended, the lights have been turned off, the garlands have withered, and the guests have left, leaving the speaker to wander the empty hall in a daze. IV. Answer these questions in detail. Ans: When the ‘fond memories’ the gives the poet momentary bliss are replaced by an overwhelming sense of loneliness, his fond memories turn bitter. The moment when the realisation dawns on the poet that his boyhood days, his friends and the words of love that he had shared and spent with those departed are now all a thing of the past. The ‘fond memories’ then, at once become sad. Thus, the poet mourns over his dead friends and his dearest ones who are very far away from him. He feels as though he is all alone in a banquet hall which is now deserted after all the mirth and the merry making.

I was going to ask you anyhow before the old fool jumped in. Come have dinner. And maybe we can have a little fun, get to know each other better…"Precursors: All life on Earth turns out to be descended from a biological sample left by a civilisation that inhabited Earth three billion years ago but was wiped out. Bob Shaw was a prolific science fiction writer from Northern Ireland who wrote over two dozen novels, including The Orbitsvilletrilogy, about the discovery of an intact Dyson sphere orbiting a far star, Medusa’s Children (1977), Who Goes Here? (1977), and perhaps his most popular book, the Hugo-nominated The Ragged Astronauts (1986), the tale of a technologically advanced civilization that builds spaceships out of wood. It wasn’t something you forgot in a hurry. Answer: While the poet grieves for his departed friends and distant loved ones. After all the laughter and merriment, he feels as though he is the only person left in a deserted banquet hall. The once grand hall, glowing with flowers and lights, is now a drab and lifeless shell of its former self. The party is over, the lights have been turned off, the garlands have withered, and the guests have left, leaving the speaker to wander the empty hall in a daze. I grew up with enough bad pop-science shows. A wormhole is a shortcut through a fourth dimension. You have to cut a chunk out of our three-dimensional space and join it onto another such chunk.” Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Jesus is described in great detail to have been a normal mortal man, albeit one of high moral fiber. However, when one person is observing him, they touch his shoulder and Jesus seems to turn and look directly at them, a seemingly impossible action based on what is known about the wormholes.